Bama adds 4-star DE Wilson to growing '26 class

Four-star antiaircraft extremity Nolan Wilson, No. 53 successful the 2026 ESPN 300, announced his pledge to Alabama connected Friday, joining arsenic the latest successful a drawstring of high-profile commitments to the Crimson Tide's 2026 recruiting class.

Wilson, a 6-foot-5, 250-pound imaginable from Picayune, Mississippi, is ESPN's fifth-ranked antiaircraft extremity and No. 4 enlistee from the authorities of Mississippi successful the 2026 cycle. He chose Alabama implicit finalists Auburn, Miami and Ole Miss pursuing authoritative visits to each schoolhouse this spring, including a travel to spot the Crimson Tide connected the archetypal play of June.

Wilson's pledge follows a tally of ESPN 300 commitments into Alabama manager Kalen DeBoer's 2026 people successful caller weeks pursuing a dilatory commencement successful the 2026 cycle.

After securing four-star violative tackle Sam Utu (No. 78 overall) connected June 9, the Crimson Tide closed June with a flurry of apical 300 additions successful extracurricular linebacker Xavier Griffin (No. 30), moving backmost Ezavier Crowell (No. 31) and choky extremity Mack Sutter (No. 138). In-state walk catcher Cederian Morgan, ESPN's No. 6 wide receiver successful 2026, became the latest newcomer connected July 2, a determination that helped vault Alabama to No. 9 successful ESPN's latest people rankings for the cycle.

Alabama handed Wilson his archetypal Division I connection past autumn during an unofficial sojourn to field for the Crimson Tide's Sept. 28 triumph implicit Georgia. Recruited chiefly by Alabama antiaircraft enactment manager Freddie Roach, Wilson arrives arsenic the third-ranked defender successful the program's incoming class, joining alongside Griffin, cornerbacks Jorden Edmonds (No. 38) and Zyan Gibson (No. 65) and antiaircraft extremity Jamarion Matthews (No. 92) arsenic the program's 5th ESPN pledge connected defence successful 2026.

Wilson whitethorn not beryllium the Crimson Tide's past apical 100 antiaircraft summation of the weekend, either. Five-star information Jireh Edwards, No. 23 successful the 2026 ESPN 300, is acceptable to denote his committedness connected Saturday choosing betwixt Alabama, Auburn and Georgia.